Skip to main content

Acacia paradoxa DC.
Kangaroo Thorn

Reference
Cat.Pl.Horti.Monsp. 74 (1813)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Alien to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Straggly to compact, prickly shrub or tree, 1-4 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. White/grey sand, clay, rocky loam. Swampy areas, flats, along drainage areas.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 11 August 1997
Image

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Busselton, Capel, Harvey, Plantagenet, Swan, Waroona.